Wire-fence clamp.



. UNITED STATES OFFICE.

HARVEY n. HARRIS AND HENRY o. HARRIS, or COWGILL, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS or ONE- 'HALF To LAURA r. HARRIS AND THOMAS SIIARRIS, or coWGILL, MISSOURI.

WIRE-FENCE CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 2, 1908.

Application mea November 27, Iso'v. serial No. 404,086.

w To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, HARVEY H. HARRIS v`ingris a specification.

he 'present invention relates to appliances for use 1n connectlon with e construc# tion of wire fences and deals morearticularly l with means for clamping the 'en s of runner- LWIres during the stretching operation ofthe' fence preliminary to securing the saine tothe posts .or su ports, being a division of our a plicatio'n 'iled August 3, 1907, Seriall o.

386,957, for Wire stretcher.'

The' invention consists of thenovel-fea-- tures, details of'construction and combinaparticularly set forth, illu'sltratedand finally` vtions o f parts which hereinafter Will*be more claimed.

a pa- 't of the specicetion: Figure 1 is ra front View of' 'a Wire fence clamp embodying LI the drawings yhereto attached forming the-invention, and showingthe same as it will appear when in operation. Fig.. 2. isa )erspective view of the clamp, 'arts bein roken away. Fig.3 isa vertice lsection o the up er portion of'the clamp on the line {rf-:z: o Fig. 1. Fi .-4 isa-horizontal sectiony i 1. Corresponding am? like :parts Aere referred to in the folloWIn description 'andf indicated in: all the fviews o thezdrawings'bfythesamereference characters.

The clamp comprises, essentially, tW-o members 19 and 202 and cooperating laws `21 and 2, said jaws'. being fast to Athe-'respective Inum-bers 1.9 and l2O..- The -members 19 and. 2() have e relative lngitudina Inovement, the member 19 being` grooved or channeled to receive the member 20 and the lat.- ter bein 'held in' the groove or channel by means o1' vthe 21 which extend over the open sidcofsaid'- groove or channel andarb attached to the member 19211 pon opposite sides of the said. groove or channel. A'cap or cross picco 23 is fitted to one end ol the member 19 and is `epertured to receive a i branded extension.- 24 'of the member 20, f a.l :uit 25 being fitted upon saidthreadedexlf-nsion 24 and engaging with the cap or cross 'picco 23 to effect longitudinal niovernent of the member sc astovefe'ctually close'thel portipns,ijewsspa1inilngthespace'betweenthe 1 110 laws 21 and 22 and Oirip the fencewires 26 or ike parts that' may be placed between them.

To'prevent slipping of the fence wires. 26, thevjaws-21 and 22 have erirnpingr portlon's upon their gripping'faces so as to crimp the pressions 28 and`proj`ections 29 mating.

Afterthe fence'claIn has-been ttedto the fence tobe stretclIe it is connected to the chain'or flexibleconnection l211 by Ineens of a elevis hitch 30,- the-*same consistin of similar members pivoted at'one end an separable at their opposite'ends andadapted to receive between themthefence clamp., 'the'.free ends Qfsaid @levis or'hitch members .being 'spertured to receive a. hook or likefengaglngfdcvice of the chain or vlexi ble connection 11.

I n' the practic all operation of the invention,

the clamp, after A-b'eing.. secur ed :to the fence wires 26, is movedbyany means' 13o-subject vsaid 'wires or ,fence `to ftension Land gfer oon- Avenience the clevis hitohf30,f1affter beingitted to the clamp, is drawnupon-by `suitable means 'applied' tof thel flexible connection 1 1 All' the felice wires mayzeither be gripped l orxreleased at 'one time f bye rope/r manipuler tion ofi the cliirmpinut -25,-W iclrwl-ien-turned ir one` d irection u ponl the f threaded lstern/214 moves theancmbers 19and QU-OthecI-amp toadvancethezjaws 21 cend'22, thereby securing the wires26 and-u on turning-said clamp nut inthe opposite ire'etiOn-fthe jaws' 21 and. 22.separate'and'relax theirfgri-p--u on the-wires 26,1151 Willbc readily understoo b Having thus described the 1nventi'on,what is claimed# as new is:

- 1. A fonce' clamp comprising Frelatively movable members, coperatingjaws secured tothe res estive members, end pins' adapted to'extem. Aacross thespaoe-formed betiveen thcjaws to retain the'wn'e or'=likepart"-tofbe subjectedgto tension from cesual `:displace mentfrom betweenthe :said jews.

2. In afence clamp, the combinati'onof-a ing men1ber"arranged etween sai-d'space'd 'member having spaced ortions,"a. coperat.

spaced ortion of the first member andsethe slidable memberX and means for cured t ereto, coperating jaws secured to 'the slidable member in the groove either to the member arranged between saidy spaced' portions, and means-,for positively moving 5' the` wo members to effectmovement o'f the jaws towards or romone another.

3. A fence clamp com rising a member having a groove, a secon member slidabiy mounted 1n saidgroovez jaws secured to the l10 first member upon opposite sides of the groove formed therein, cooperating jaws secured to cause thejlaws to'open or close.y

In testlmony whereof we 4ax our signa;- 15 tures'xn presence of two Wltnesses.

' Witnesses:

P. S. SHELENBEHGER, J. E. KELLEY. 

